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English In India's Grand Stategy, Karthika Sasikumar
English In India's Grand Stategy, Karthika Sasikumar
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The term ‘grand strategy’ may appear be an extravagant and abstract expression, yet it is simply a shorthand manner of describing a country’s efforts in diverse areas towards its key goals. According to Yale historian Paul Kennedy, the crux of grand strategy lies in the “capacity of the nation’s leaders to bring together all of the elements, both military and nonmilitary, for the preservation and enhancement of the nation’s long-term (that is, in wartime and peacetime) best interests” (Kennedy 1991:5). Thus, grand strategy deploys all of a country’s assets. For India, one such asset is the English language. Although English …
Reasonable Conversions: Susanna Rowan's Mentoria And Conversion Narratives For Young Readers, Karen Roggenkamp
Reasonable Conversions: Susanna Rowan's Mentoria And Conversion Narratives For Young Readers, Karen Roggenkamp
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Though not well known, Rowson's Mentoria-a curious conglomeration of thematically-related pieces from multiple genres, including the essay, epistolary novel, conduct book, and fairy tale-offers particularly fertile ground for thinking about the nexus between eighteenth-century didactic books and earlier works for young readers.2 At the heart of Mentoria is a series of letters describing girls who yield, with dire and frequently deadly consequences, to the passionate pleas of male suitors.3 Fallen women populate Rowson's world, and scholars have traditionally read Mentoria within the familiar bounds of the eighteenth-century seduction novel.4 However, Rowson's creation transforms the older tradition of didactic, child-centered conversion …
Review Of A Brave Vessel: The True Tale Of The Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown And Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest, Michael F. Russo
Review Of A Brave Vessel: The True Tale Of The Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown And Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest, Michael F. Russo
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Travels With (Mother) Merlene, Meredith Jones-Gray
Travels With (Mother) Merlene, Meredith Jones-Gray
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Crisis In The West End, Meredith Jones-Gray
Crisis In The West End, Meredith Jones-Gray
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German Race Laws, Carol A. Leibiger
Emc’S Quiet Superman, Meredith Jones-Gray
Planting Seed In Benton Harbor, Meredith Jones-Gray
Planting Seed In Benton Harbor, Meredith Jones-Gray
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“$20,000 In Six Weeks”, Meredith Jones-Gray
“$20,000 In Six Weeks”, Meredith Jones-Gray
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Those “Marching Men”, Meredith Jones-Gray
Whatever Happened To Palestine?, April Summitt
Whatever Happened To Palestine?, April Summitt
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A Shot In The Dark Near Tragedy Follows Snollygoster Parade, Meredith Jones-Gray
A Shot In The Dark Near Tragedy Follows Snollygoster Parade, Meredith Jones-Gray
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A Poetics Of History: Karen Cushman's Medieval World, Joseph L. Zornado
A Poetics Of History: Karen Cushman's Medieval World, Joseph L. Zornado
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Historical fiction occupies an uncertain space in the field of children's literature. Offer a teacher or scholar a work of historical fiction in any genre, from picture book to novel, and you are sure to get a varied, contentious response about what makes historical fiction work. Why? Because historical fiction has ambitious, ambiguous aims. For instance, should historical fiction be good history, even if this means the story might be, say, a little dull? Or, on the other hand, should the author take liberties with setting, dialogue, and character in order to provide the audience with "a good read?" What …